The Streets Like Beds Still Warm (2025) marked a change in direction for Wilder Maker. It was the first in a planned trilogy of concept albums rooted in improvisation but also involving later manipulation and editing of song and sound fragments by the project’s leader, Gabriel Birnbaum — with often gritty and blurry-eyed results. Heavily inspired by film noir as well as certain literary figures, and musicians such as Eiko Ishibashi and Mark Hollis, it included the participation of not only the band (Birnbaum, guitarist Adam Brisbin, bassist Nick Jost, drummer Sean Mullins) but a handful of guests, using a deliberately restricted instrument palette (guitar, effects pedals, bass, synthesizer, keyboards, percussion, saxophone). They slightly expand instrumentation on…

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